I asked a question about self-harm yesterday.
I now think I understand the pattern as being about trying to stay in touch with reality - looking at the scars reminds me that i'm human, normal. Sometimes, I feel like i'm slipping out of the world. Like i'm a secret agent or a gangster or a superhero. I fall to the impression that I have super-human powers - that I could fight anyone who attacked me, that I could hack computers, do anything I want, that i'm something more than a 17 year old schoolgirl! At least once a week I enter a new 'phase' - i'm going to be a top fraudster, i'm going to be a policewoman, i'm going to be a nun, i'm going to be a waitress... it's mad.
I realise experimentation is normal for my age-group, career-wise etc, but does my theory have any validity? Can anyone shine a light?
Em
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2007-02-09
02:26:41
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Pebbles
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